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Nickel and vanadium contamination of benthic invertebrates following the “Erika” wreck

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2004

Jean-François Chiffoleau ,
Laurent Chauvaud ,
David Amouroux ,
Aurélie Barats ,
Aurélie Dufour ,
Christophe Pécheyran  and
Nathalie Roux
Jean-François Chiffoleau
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Département DEL/PC, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes Cedex 3, France
Laurent Chauvaud
Affiliation:
IUEM, UMR CNRS 6539 (Lemar), Technopôle Brest-Iroise, Place N. Copernic, 29280 Plouzané, France
David Amouroux
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie analytique bio-inorganique et Environnement, CNRS UMR 5034, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France
Aurélie Barats
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie analytique bio-inorganique et Environnement, CNRS UMR 5034, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France
Aurélie Dufour
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Département DEL/PC, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes Cedex 3, France
Christophe Pécheyran
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Chimie analytique bio-inorganique et Environnement, CNRS UMR 5034, Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, 64053 Pau Cedex 9, France
Nathalie Roux
Affiliation:
IFREMER, Département DEL/PC, BP 21105, 44311 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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Abstract

Levels of nickel and vanadium, trace metals found in high concentration in the oil spilled from the “Erika” tanker off Brittany (France) in December 1999 (41 ± 1 and 87 ± 3 mg kg−1 respectively), have been monitored over a one-year period following this accidental event in several benthic invertebrates. Ni and V in mussels (Mytilus edulis) and oysters (Crassostrea gigas) soft tissues were analysed twice a month by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry and a scallop (Pecten maximus) shell daily growth bands were sampled every three bands by laser ablation and analysed by ICP-MS for these two contaminants. Survey data for mollusc tissues were compared with reference data arising from the national monitoring database. Ni concentrations in dried tissues, comparable with reference data (1.8 ± 0.9 µg g−1 in mussels and 1.2 ± 0.5 µg g−1 in oysters) do not show any additional input during the whole period. Conversely, a sharp increase in vanadium concentrations (up to 4.6 and 3.2 µg g−1 for mussels and oysters respectively) is observed around May 2000, i.e. 5 months after the wreck, compared with the monitoring data (1.4 ± 0.6 µg g−1 in mussels and 1.3 ± 0.6 µg g−1 in oysters). Furthermore, no Ni peak is detectable in the time profiles of scallop shell growth bands where a V peak is observed also in May 2000. This study shows that although a “mussel-watch-type” network, based on the monitoring of vanadium concentration in mollusc tissues, is able to identify contamination due to oil spills, similar information might be obtained a posteriori by analysing daily growth bands of scallop shells.

Keywords

Oil spillNickelVanadiumMusselOysterScallop shellMonitoring
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Research Article
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Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 17 , Issue 3: The "Erika" Oil Spill: Environmental Contamination and Effects in the Bay of Biscay , July 2004 , pp. 273 - 280
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© EDP Sciences, IFREMER, IRD, 2004

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